"Making screencast videos is a good way to create a record of the instructions that you may have to frequently give to students or colleagues. Post your screencasts online and your students and colleagues can watch them when you're not available to answer their "how-to" questions." -- Richard Byrne (see link below)

Four Free Tools for Creating ScreenCasts

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/05/four-free-tools-for-creating.html
From Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers site.

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ScreenToaster

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